Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

Xia Yuan smiled, then his smile gradually faded, "I heard that you are also an entrepreneur?"

"What? You want me to invest in Rhine Life? Yara asked you to be a lobbyist?"

The emperor looked up at Xia Yuan and waved his penguin wings. "Give it up. I have never been interested in technology companies. Although Yara is a hot star who has amazed people recently, I don't have any feelings for her."

"Recently? Yara has been off the stage for decades."

"Boy, don't you know that there are many people who have lived a long time on this land?"

"You...have a crush on her?"

"puff!"

The penguin spat out a mouthful of wine, wiped his mouth with his wings, looked at Xia Yuan with pity in his eyes, and waved his wings, "Do you understand the immortal species? No, you who asked this question are a Sakota, how can you have such troubles?"

"The Sakota race can live for three to four hundred years, or even five hundred years. Isn't it because you Sakota can't stand loneliness? You don't want to move around when you get older. You eat sweets and your teeth fall out. You don't have teeth and can't eat sweets, so you don't want to live anymore?"

Wow, this reason actually makes a lot of sense.

Considering the Sakota people's love of sweets, Xia Yuan was actually convinced by the emperor.

"Humph, you've led me astray." The emperor snorted twice and looked at the bartender again, "Another drink."

Xia Yuan waited for him to order the drinks, then said after a moment of silence, "What if I want to start a company?"

The emperor paused for a moment while pouring wine for himself. He turned around and looked at Xia Yuan from behind his sunglasses. He raised his eyebrows—if he really had eyebrows—and asked, "What kind of company do you want to start? Is it a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rhine Life?"

"How is that possible? I invested in Rhine Life at that time, and I have never received any similar commission from Christen."

"So, what kind of company do you want to start?"

Xia Yuan had been thinking about this problem before. To be honest, at first he just wanted to mobilize the enthusiasm and activity of the players and set up an organization similar to mercenaries. Judging from the composition of orders and commissions, it should be not much different from Black Steel International.

But how can he compete with Black Steel International for business? This is not because he does not respect the founder of Black Steel International, Bridge Jacket Reeve, but how much benefits should he give to attract more players to join the competition with Black Steel Life?

Black Steel International is an old company. Even though Xia Yuan has a lot of exposure and influence in front of the players, he cannot guarantee that the players will buy into his company.

"I want to start a complex service-oriented enterprise." Xia Yuan said calmly, and began to define his company. "Who will we serve? We will serve everyone and every enterprise on Terra. We will serve science, progress, exploration, knowledge, employment, transportation, and all aspects. We will use our own strength to provide services to those in need."

"You have a big appetite."

"That's natural. Have you forgotten my race?" Xia Yuan said softly, "The Sakota are the most romantic and imaginative race."

"In Syracuse, there is a senior who hopes to use guns and order to build a country where everyone can live safely."

"In Colombia, there is a senior here who hopes to stop war with war, to deter the opponent with force, and to achieve the goal of peace through the means of war."

"These two seniors have set an example for me, so I naturally want to surpass them." Xia Yuan took a sip of wine and looked at the wine rack in front of him. "On this land, the only place that belongs to the Terrans... no, the Laterans, is the only place where they can be saved, that holy place."

"Yes, it is because of the law that we can work together, but Mr. Emperor, I also have this confusion."

"Why can't the Lateran law save everyone on this land? Is this a test given to us by the law? Or is this the special nature of the Sakota race? I don't believe in any of these reasons. I only believe in the power of human beings."

"I can choose to take a group of like-minded Sakota away from Lateran to do what I want to do...but the power is too weak. In other words, it is difficult to change the entire Terra landscape with the power of Sakota alone. I don't want to complain about the past and question the first born Sakota. I just want to look to the future, to tomorrow."

The emperor was silent, then said, "What you want to do is to work together and use your own strength to open up the future."

"That's about right. After all, I've been in Lateran for such a long time. To be honest, I don't have a deep memory of it. After traveling on this land for so long, what impressed me most was the bitterness of the people on this land."

"All living things on Terra are suffering. With my personal strength, I can only save some people."

The emperor sneered, "As expected of a Sakota, you are romantic and imaginative. However, there are probably only a few Sakotas who think like you in the entire Lateran."

"Are you interested?"

"Want to recruit me?"

The emperor lifted his penguin legs... it seemed too short to lift them up. He came to the sofa with a wine glass and pushed his sunglasses. "It's good to have ambitious goals, Xia Yuan, but they are too empty. You have no money and no human resources. You are just an empty shell. I am not interested in playing house games with you."

"Let's not talk about resources for now. What are the company's goals and policies for the future? How much should we charge for helping people? They are originally poor, but should we help them for free? What about maintenance costs? How do we make money?"

Xia Yuan crossed his fingers, "Industrial R&D and engineering innovation. Safety, security and employment commissions. Scientific consulting and experimental commissions. Exploration, logistics and transportation services."

He held up four fingers. "In my current vision, there are four major departments... Of course, there will be more in the future, two of which are mainly internal and two are mainly external."

"And these four departments will also fundamentally change people's lifestyles. The improvement of industrial engineering and technology will make people's lives more convenient and easy, improve the quality of life, and increase the happiness index, which naturally includes medical research. The two departments of the main and external departments have different security levels. One is a mercenary service similar to Black Steel International, involving security and other commissions that require armed forces, while the latter explores logistics and transportation. As the name suggests, it is responsible for delivering goods and submitting orders."

"What else?" The emperor grinned.

"I have money."

"I have money, too."

“No...Emperor, because you don’t know Rhine Life, you may not know how popular my drones are in the market.”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, "Drones? You mean the drones that the record company used to shoot videos of my concerts... Are they yours?"

“I designed it.”

Xia Yuan smiled triumphantly. This was the first time he had won a victory. "It is not only used for advertising, but also shines in medicine, exploration, and military."

He leaned back on the couch for the first time and crossed his feet. "Can we talk now?"

The emperor turned his head and drank his wine, pretending not to hear.

"If you are interested, you can bring in capital to invest, just like I did at Rhine Life. Um...Emperor, what do you think of the logistics and transportation department? If there is no problem, that department will be handed over to you."

"I haven't agreed yet Kora!"

The emperor opened his mouth and let out an indescribable penguin scream, then after a moment he snorted and sat up straight.

"That's interesting. What about the name of the company? Have you thought of one? If not, let's call it Penguin Company."

"Think about it."

"what is it call."

“Tomorrow’s Pioneering – Creating tomorrow with tomorrow’s guardians, creators, and pioneers.”

Chapter 131 The Emperor Joins the Group and New Investors

He had had this idea in his mind for a long time.

It is indeed very difficult to start a company from scratch. There is never a shortage of new companies in Colombia, and venture capital companies exist for this purpose... Of course, Xia Yuan does not want to be tied down by those venture capital companies, especially in the first few years when the company was just founded... Similar to before he went to Rhine Life, it took a long time to review a document, and the time wasted on a meeting could be used to do something more meaningful.

It is not too late to start a company now. This year is 1090... It has been almost four years since he came into this world. He has also transformed from a young, naive, and somewhat slow-witted Sakota who went to the battlefield to seek excitement and then died, into a mature adult.

The 20-year-old Sakota may have just graduated from a church school, and then wander around the Lateran, enjoying life while looking for a job that can support themselves for a lifetime... Most of the Sakota will never leave the holy city in their lifetime.

If there were no players and only him in this world... well, for example, in an online game world like Bone King, then he would definitely not be so wasteful. Without the resources and experience provided by the players to form a mutually beneficial cycle, he would probably just honestly learn technology in the Holy City and become a loyal worker in a notary office in the future. That would be enough.

But the Fourth Calamity came to this land and changed Xia Yuan's way of doing things. The Fourth Calamity was omnipotent. They were immortal, they could cause chaos, and they could go crazy.

That’s what Xia Yuan did. After all, the Fourth Calamity was his previous self, so he knew exactly what the players wanted.

Why did Magic ZX and the others follow him for so long? Did they really think the players were fools? If he really planned to walk alone to the end, then he would not have intentionally accepted them as his subordinates. It was his act of accepting subordinates that made Magic ZX and other players know that he might establish an organization in the future.

Those who are close to the water get the moon first. They have followed Xia Yuan for so long, so naturally they want to win his favor and then get a stable income after joining the organization.

It’s just that Xia Yuan is not strong enough at the moment. In the entire Terra, his strength...is not even as good as a three-star operator. Apart from being a boss and using his doctorate degree to bluff people, the highest combat power on his side is actually only Mace.

Well, it's not that she doesn't want to include Carnellian. Mace is at least ten years older than Carnellian. Although Mace doesn't know any Originium skills, he should have no problem defeating Carnellian in a one-on-one fight.

Alas, is it so difficult to become a capable support?

Too weak and powerless!

"...In the early stage, the company's main task is exploration and scientific research. I think the company's future activity area will be temporarily fixed in Da Yan Longmen, and our activity route will be planned according to the central axis." Xia Yuan pointed to the Terra map that the bartender had just handed him. "Syracuse, Letania, Victoria, and Columbia are all places where we can set up our company branches, which are also our activity trajectories."

"Longmen..."

The emperor let out a sound of annoyance.

"what happened?"

"Do you know that guy Wei Yanwu?"

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly.

Wei Yanwu, the supreme leader and executive officer of Longmen, has an appearance that fits some people's XP. Judging from the information the players have, there are indeed not many of them. In their previous lives, there were players who worked in the Guards Bureau, and there were also players who served as officials in the Dayan officialdom, but none of them could find any news about Wei Yanwu.

"do not know."

"That's good that you don't know him. I thought you knew that guy and that's why you set up your headquarters in Longmen."

The emperor continued to lie on the sofa and waved his wings. "Longmen is a good choice of location. Longmen City is well connected, and there are merchants and companies from all over Terra who come here to trade... There may be no city in the entire Terra that is more suitable for tomorrow's development than Longmen... The Great Knight Territory is too commercial, and it has to pay protection fees to the Commercial Federation... Lankawu is too fashionable, and the tourism industry is relatively developed, which is not suitable for the development of the company."

The emperor mentioned a few rejected place names, and he pushed his sunglasses, "But when you get to Longmen, you can't avoid dealing with Wei Yanwu."

"Never believe anything he says... In other words, Xia Yuan, you have to understand that he is the governor of Longmen and also a politician."

Xia Yuan added the second half of the sentence, "Politicians' words can never be trusted."

"Yes, that's right... Although I feel that you have enough experience and won't show your true colors in front of him, I'm still a little worried."

The emperor touched his chin for a moment, then reacted, "Wait, when did I start giving you advice?"

"We are discussing the future of the logistics and transportation department. Anyway, for the emperor, this is just a title. You can enjoy yourself whenever you want. If you want to take a vacation and come to Columbia to hold a rap concert, that's fine."

"...What you said touched my heart."

Xia Yuan hummed, "At present, it still looks like a small company, but I believe it will become even bigger in the future. I just have to continue looking for investors. I really don't want to find those guys from venture capital companies who are always changing their minds with the wind."

In order to get the company up and running quickly, they had to find investors. At the beginning, Christen's Rhine Life had only four people, including Yara, Saria and Muerseth. It was a so-called small emerging technology company that persisted for so long and finally went public a few years later.

Xia Yuan doesn't have the time to wait for a few years. Half of a version has already passed in these few years. Why is it still waiting here to be launched?

"If you really want to find a reliable investor and entrepreneur, I have a way." The emperor seemed to be reluctant to speak. He snorted and waved his wings. "I will contact the other party, but as the boss, you have to be well prepared to convince the other party... I really don't want to contact it."

"It's natural."

After finishing his chat with the emperor, Xia Yuan returned to the street and continued walking towards the black market... He didn't expect that the prototype of the company was finalized like this... Maybe it was the result of thinking about it for a long time in his mind, so he could say it so fluently.

After getting the metals to repair ancient-level weapons from the black market, Xia Yuan felt a pang of pain again. It was time to go to Ursus. The group of players there had not been harvested yet, so they should have been very fat. Putting that aside for now, he also needed to get a new batch of his own equipment to sell.

To be honest, the amount of inventory he has now requires several cars to move it.

I don't know what Ravshini has been thinking about these days. Abrana entrusted her to me... Although there was a part of exploitation, Xia Yuan didn't think it was a big deal. If it were him, he would make the same choice. Moreover, he never thought that Ravshini was a burden. Her sensitive identity and miserable childhood, the fate of being trained as a tool, was broken by her sister. From this perspective, Ravshini was lucky.

Perhaps Rafshini was also confused. She didn't know what to do. The chain of fate that she had been carrying on her body was temporarily loosened, making her not know what to do for a while. She fell into a state of confusion. On the way to Tremont, Xia Yuan also noticed the other party's emotions.

When he arrived at the hotel and knocked on Lavshini's door, she quickly opened the door for him. She was wearing simple but fashionable clothes bought from Tremon. She smiled politely at Xia Yuan and said, "Teacher Xia Yuan."

By the way, although Lavshini is an adult, she has no job at present. Moreover, she took the initiative to find him, so Xia Yuan would give her a living allowance every month - this is exactly the same as that of Jian and Kanelian, both of which are given according to the amount of subordinates.

"What are you doing?"

Xia Yuan walked into the house. Lavshini's luggage was placed aside. She seemed to have been sitting in front of the windowsill reading a book.

Xia Yuan approached and found that the book that Lavshini was reading was an introductory book in the scientific community of Columbia University, "History of Scientific Progress"

"Why are you reading this book?"

"Well... because I am a little interested in what Teacher Xia Yuan does." Rafshini said softly, her eyes looking at Xia Yuan, whispering calmly, "Because Teacher Xia Yuan is a scientist... and there are many differences between Columbia and Victoria."

"In fact, they are similar in the end." Xia Yuan said, "Victoria advocates industrial technology, which is the substantive things. This is inseparable from the performance of engineers and craftsmen. In Colombia, since there are Terra people from all over the world, the cultural integration naturally promotes the advancement of science and technology rapidly."

"What is missing Victoria?"

"In fact, I don't think I'm qualified to criticize what an empire lacks, Ravshini, because I'm a teacher, and I don't want you to misunderstand anything based on my subjective definition."

Xia Yuan sat at the table and continued, "I don't know what Earl Warwick taught you and Abulara. What's important is not learning, but self-study, seeing with your own eyes, and listening to those real stories. This is much more profound than sitting in the garden of a nobleman and listening to a lecture."

"Yes... Teacher, I understand."

Rafshini was silent for a moment and lowered her head. Now she was not the commander of Deep Pool who had followed Abrana for several years. She was just an immature girl who didn't know what she would do in the future.

In a sense, she has no goals, even worse than Mandela, because there will always be a place in Mandela's heart that belongs to the Tara people.

Ravushini did learn from Earl Warwick about the past history, the friction between Victoria and Tara, their relationship and current situation. Originally, this responsibility was the responsibility of both Abrana and Ravushini...but her sister made a unilateral decision to keep Ravushini away from Victoria's big dye vat.

Everything has two sides. She wanted to send her sister away because she didn't want those dirty politics to pollute Ravshini and make her cold and ruthless in the future. Just like Aburana, it is still a bit unsafe to put two eggs in the same basket. On the other hand, Aburana sent Ravshini away and made herself the only legitimate heir. Isn't this also a manifestation of ambition? Maybe she has sisterly feelings for Ravshini, but the premise of wanting to become a king is to give up the feelings between family members.

After all, the emperor and the prince would fight for the throne. There has never been any family affection in the royal family. Not to mention father and son, this is possible even between sisters.

"Teacher... I think entering the military academy might cause trouble for you." Ravshini whispered, "Although I have always been very interested in the military... but now that my sister has chosen this path, I don't think I can help her in this regard."

"Rafushini, do you want to learn other knowledge and establish a complementary relationship with your sister so as to help her?"

"...Yes, Sensei, that's what I thought."

Xia Yuan hummed and raised a finger. "No matter where you are in the future and what kind of identity you will live in this land of Terra, you cannot survive by simply studying literature. Moreover, you have a special identity. As a member of the Drak race, you also have such beautiful flames. It would be a pity if you don't practice. I won't be able to stay by your side in the future, so it is necessary to learn martial arts and Originium skills. In this regard, I will find a few strict teachers for you."

"As for literature... Ravshini, I am going to set up an organization."

"Hey...Teacher, is there anything I can do to help you?"